At the time of departures on vacation, a terrible accident took place on the A11 motorway near Angers in Maine-et-Loire, reported West France. It was caused by an individual who suddenly got out of a vehicle of which he was the driver, then being hit by several vehicles, including a bus with around forty children on board. The pedestrian is dead, he had just stabbed his wife in the car he was in before stopping.
On the road from Paris to Nantes, the driver of a car stabbed the passenger around 4 a.m., after an argument. The 40-year-old man then got out of his vehicle and was hit by a car from the other direction of traffic. The violence of the impact threw his body onto the Paris-Nantes route and a coach then a heavy goods vehicle hit him. He was found dead by paramedics who arrived at the scene. Then, in the car of this person, the firefighters discovered a stabbed woman whom they transported in absolute emergency to the CHU of Angers. Two other witnesses to the tragedy, in shock, were also hospitalized.
Such an accident obviously had a lot of repercussions on traffic. The children on board the school bus were not affected, but another vehicle was needed to evacuate them from the scene. “After the accident, all traffic was interrupted after the Pellouailles-les-Vignes interchange (No. 13) in the direction of Angers, the time to evacuate the vehicles involved. A line of cars and heavy goods vehicles of one kilometer was thus immobilized from 4:30 am to 6 am!“, precise West France. It will be necessary to wait until 8:30 a.m. for traffic to be fully restored in the area.
“We were warned overnight that a man had beaten his wife, who suffered a head injury and was bleeding“, told AFP the public prosecutor of Angers, Eric Bouillard, confirming the information of West France. “He then decided to kill himself, got out of the car and crossed the road where he was hit by light vehicles and a heavy truck“, he added. An investigation has been opened for violence with a weapon by spouse. “The woman was hospitalized, she must be operated. His days are not in danger“, said the prosecutor.